VIDEO: Former Hostage Shane Bauer Returns to Solitary

"There are no windows here:" Investigating America's prisons after years locked up in Iran.

Seven months after being freed from prison in Iran, Shane Bauer began investigating solitary confinement in America. This video documents his journey to California's Pelican Bay prison, his first time behind bars since being released.

Shane Bauer is a senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering criminal justice and human rights. He has written for the Guardian, The Nation, Salon, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor and other publications. He is the co-author of A Sliver of Light, a memoir he wrote with his fellow hostages (one of whom is now his wife) about their two years as prisoners in Iran. Email him at sbauer (at) motherjones (dot) com.
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